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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a characteristic named by Andy when he tells the reader why he had liked Neal upon their first meeting?
(a) Neal had an unpronounceable last name.
(b) Neal was odd.
(c) Neal was funny.
(d) Neal had snaggled teeth.

2. One morning while on a run, Andy alters his route of late and goes to whose apartment?
(a) Patz's.
(b) Neal's.
(c) Duffy's.
(d) Matthew's.

3. Who discovers Ben's dead body?
(a) Andy.
(b) Officer Duffy.
(c) The school principal.
(d) A jogger.

4. How old is Ben at the time of his murder?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

5. How many associates does Jonathan have in his law practice?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) None.
(d) 1.

6. What is NOT an element Neal mentions when trying to get the judge to set a high bail amount for Jacob?
(a) Jacob's connection to law enforcement through Andy.
(b) The great likelihood of conviction.
(c) The savagery of Jacob's alleged crime.
(d) Jacob's connections to the airline industry.

7. What does Andy name as the trick to being a successful prosecutor?
(a) Keeping the suffering at a distance.
(b) Consoling the parents of dead children.
(c) Having a good memory.
(d) Creating a mental map of the crime scene.

8. The epigraph at the start of Part One is from which text?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Crime and Punishment.
(d) A General Theory of Human Violence.

9. What object does Andy go to retrieve from an upstairs bedroom in Ben's family's house?
(a) Ben's journal.
(b) His briefcase.
(c) His coat.
(d) Ben's hairbrush.

10. In addition to a Newton detective, who interviews Patz at the police station?
(a) Andy.
(b) Schultz.
(c) Laurie.
(d) Duffy.

11. Laurie says that living with Andy and Jacob is like living with a couple of what?
(a) Plants.
(b) Tombstones.
(c) Con artists.
(d) Brick walls.

12. When Dan tells Andy that it does not matter what happens to him now that Ben is dead, what is NOT an example he provides?
(a) A stain on the highway.
(b) A bum.
(c) A drug addict.
(d) A thief.

13. At what time in their lives had Laurie and Andy met?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) Just after college.
(c) In college.
(d) In high school.

14. How does Laurie react when she hears the news that Jacob will be arrested for Ben's murder?
(a) She collapses.
(b) She screams.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She wobbles.

15. What amount of bail does Neal request be placed upon Jacob in the interim before the murder trial?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $750,000.
(d) $100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Andy say he feels about men of his father's generation?

2. For what reason is Andy taken off the case of Ben's murder?

3. Andy characterizes himself as a person who has been exposed to what?

4. When Andy characterizes himself as extremely conventional, what does he say about Jonathan Klein's personality?

5. What decision is made regarding whether Jacob will testify at trial or not?

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